Facebook to stream four remaining UFC 136 preliminary bouts

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) has confirmed that in addition to the previously announced pay-per-view and Spike TV broadcast plans, four fights from this weekend’s “UFC 136: Edgar vs. Maynard III” event will stream live on the social-networking site.

UFC brass hasn’t made an official announcement, but UFC 136 now serves as the 13th consecutive event in which the organization has made an entire fight-card lineup available for live viewing.

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